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President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, has charged striking lecturers in public universities to brace up for a long strike. Ogunyemi enjoined ASUU members “to be on the watch and prepare for a long drawn out struggle to salvage the University System”. ASUU had embarked on a nationwide strike over unfulfilled past agreements by government and underfunding …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested nine Internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo-Yahoo boys, in Abuja, Nigeria. The suspects were arrested by the Advance Fee Fraud Section of the Commission on November 30, 2018 through an intelligence report received on the fraudulent activities of the suspected fraudsters residing somewhere along Airport Road, as they were obviously living …

Lagos State Police, Zone 2 Command, on Tuesday said it arrested a cemetery attendant and four others for being in possession of a human skull. Lawal Shehu, Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Lagos and Ogun states, told journalists that the suspects were arrested with dried human jaw and dried human scalp on Monday. “On December 3, 2018, at …

Protesting National Assembly workers have told the leadership of the chambers that they would not allow the legislators to sit unless they were paid the salaries they were being owed. They said they would only allow the lawmakers inside the chambers when they receive notifications from their individual banks that the money being owed them has been paid. They said …

Uche Nwosu on Tuesday expressed confidence that he would emerge the next governor of Imo State on the platform of Action Alliance. Nwosu, who spoke at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, shortly after his arrival from Abuja, said that “injustice, impunity, and lack of respect for party’s constitution” forced him out of All Progressives Congress. Clutching the Action Alliance …

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over reports of violence in four communities in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State resulting in loss of lives, injuries and displacement of villagers. Calling for calm and restoration of peace in the affected communities bordering Abia State, the president urged the people of the areas to allow law and order to …

Against apprehensions from certain quarters, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that the  2019 election in Nigeria is not a matter of `life or death’ for President Muhammadu Buhari ­ because he will be happy to accept the verdict of the electorate. Mr Onyeama in a recent interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that all …

Violence that broke out in four communities in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State has left dozens killed and many more injured, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Hundreds of women and children have also been displaced by the violence which broke out on Monday in Urugbam, Egbor, Ipene, and Abanwan, four of the 10 communities that make up Erei …

…says press critical to success of 2019 elections Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called on journalists to strive for balanced political reporting in the 2019 general elections, which he said, is germane to consolidating on Nigeria’s democracy and safeguarding the people’s right to choose their leaders. He made the call while receiving members of the Nigerian Union of …

Deji Adeyanju, a political activist who was arrested by the Nigerian police on November 28, was released from a federal prison in Keffi on Monday — but was re-arrested by a police team which had laid a siege around the correctional facility, his associates have told PREMIUM TIMES. “He was released on Monday afternoon after we met his bail conditions,” …